IRAN: The Unknown Ayatullah Khomeini

Once again, Iran last week appeared to be drifting toward anarchy. The
Cabinet of Premier Mehdi Bazargan was on the verge of collapse.
Appalled by the overcrowded condition of prisons in Tehran, Attorney
General Abolfazl Shahshahani instructed the police not to "arrest
or pursue criminals" until further noticethereby giving the
capital's organized criminals free rein. As if to prove the
government's impotence, a group of disaffected young Iranians, seeking
to leave the country on expired passports, seized 150 hostages at...